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When Converting, Telling Your Family Might Be The Hardest Part

By Marinell James

It can be a tricky moment. Let's face it--from their perspective, Judaism's gain is their loss.

Date: 07-09-2008

Interfaith Celebrities Take You Out To The Ballgame

By Nate Bloom

Ian Kinsler, Ryan Braun and Kevin Youkilis make the All-Stars for the first time as we mark the anniversary of that great Jewish song, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame."

Date: 07-08-2008

	Neutral territory? Jewish Museums and Cultural Centers Reach Out to Interfaith Families By Cara Nissman
"We offer a very different experience from a JCC or a temple. No rabbi is going to leap out and say, 'Do you want to join the temple?'"
Date: 07-07-2008

	A Do-It-Yourself Bat Mitzvah By Rachel Baruch Yackley
Just before we started the service, I took Rebecca aside and choking over my words, told her how very proud I was of her taking all this on.
Date: 07-03-2008

	Rabbi Reuben's Ruminations: Planning an Interfaith Wedding By Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
Your wedding is a golden opportunity to find areas of commonality and learning to make decisions together.
Date: 07-02-2008

	Bloodlines and Birthrights By Matthew Lyons
The big Israeli man in the airport said, "Welcome home!" and pleaded with us not to intermarry.
Date: 07-01-2008

	You'll Go In Through The Side Door: Dutch Patrilineal Jews By Judith Van Praag
"They asked me at the door whether I was Jewish, and I said yes. The next time they asked again and I said yes, but they said I was lying, for only my father was Jewish."
Date: 06-30-2008

Finding a Jewish Connection in Hungary

By Michael J. Jordan

On each visit I had choked up at some point; the scores of frolicking Jewish campers always reminded me of what was lost during the Holocaust.

Date: 06-27-2008

	Going to Church With My Jewish Father By Charlotte Gordon
Still, my sister insisted. "Ask him yourself," she said. But when I asked, he snorted and said, of course, he was not Jewish.
Date: 06-26-2008

	Teaching Judaism Without The Sales Pitch By Danielle Freni
"Pressuring anyone to convert is not how I would ever go about it. Everyone has their own preferences. Who am I to tell them that being Jewish is better than what they are?"
Date: 06-25-2008